World War One

RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON

RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON
RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON
RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON
RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON
RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON

RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON

COMBATANT FROM THE WW1, THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR OR IN COLONIAL WARS PRIOR TO WW1. The Combatant's Cross (French: "Croix du combattant") is. A French decoration that recognizes, as its name implies, those.

Who fought in combat for France. Soldiers of WWI worked toward recognition by the. Government, of a special status to those who had participated. The law of 19 December 1926.

Created la "carte du combatant", or combatant's card, for. And colonial wars before WW1. Was created only three years later by the law of 28 June 1930. A 36 mm wide bronze cross patte? E with a laurel wreath between the arms 36 mm across.

On the obverse at center, the effigy of the Republic wearing an Adrian's helmet crowned with laurel leaves surrounded by the relief inscription REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (FRENCH REPUBLIC). On the reverse the relief inscription CROIX DU COMBATTANT (COMBATANT'S CROSS) along the lower circumference framing a vertical sword pointing down, rays protruding horizontally and up from the hilt in a 180° arc.

EARLY MAKER MARKED ON THE LOWER REVERSE. (JANVIER-BERCHOT - " JB " IN A PYRAMID) WITH THE LETTERS TO THE RIGHT "BR".

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RARE! WW1 FRENCH COMBATANT'S CROSS 1914-1918 with ORIGINAL RIBBON